Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray urges Centre to consider Covid-19 as natural calamity
As of now, flood, lightning incidents, heavy rainfall where there is loss of property or livelihood fall under the category of natural calamity and monetary compensation is provided to the affected.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, urging to consider the COVID-19 pandemic as natural calamity, so that the government can use the state disaster response fund (SDRF) to provide financial assistance to the affected people.
All State Disaster Management Acts have been formed as part of the central disaster management law; hence the state needs the Union government s permission to use the SDRF for helping the pandemic-hit people, a government official said on Thursday.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, urging to consider the COVID-19 pandemic as natural calamity, so that the government can use the state disaster response fund (SDRF) to provide financial assistance to the affected people.
All State Disaster Management Acts have been formed as part of the central disaster management law; hence the state needs the Union government s permission to use the SDRF for helping the pandemic-hit people, a government official said on Thursday.
The chief minister wrote the letter to the Centre on Wednesday to seek its permission, he said.
As of now, flood, lightning incidents, heavy rainfall where there is loss of property or livelihood fall under the category of natural calamity and monetary compensation is provided to the affected people.
Term Covid natural calamity : Maha CM urges PM Modi, says state will see 11.9 lakh active cases by
Term Covid natural calamity : Maha CM urges PM Modi, says state will see 11.9 lakh active cases by April-end
In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, CM Uddhav Thackeray urged the Centre to declare the Covid-19 pandemic a natural calamity . Maharashtra could have 11.9 lakh active cases by end of April as per projections, he said in the letter.
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CM Thackeray also mentioned shortage of liquid oxygen and Remdesivir in his letter
States need Centre s nod to utilise the state disaster response fund (SDRF)
MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, urging to consider the Covid-19 pandemic as natural calamity, so that the government can use the state disaster response fund (SDRF) to provide financial assistance to the affected people.
All-State Disaster Management Acts have been formed as part of the central disaster management law; hence the state needs the Union government s permission to use the SDRF for helping the pandemic-hit people, a government official said on Thursday.
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Active COVID-19 caseload in Maharashtra to double in 15 days: Uddhav Thackeray
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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 05:31 PM IST
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, saying the number of active caseload of COVID-19 in the state is expected to double in the next 15 days.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written a letter to the Centre, saying the number of active caseload of COVID-19 in the state is expected to double in the next 15 days.
Maharashtra is expecting its active caseload to reach 11.9 lakh by April 30, compared to the current active caseload of 5.64 lakh, Thackeray said on Wednesday in the letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.